Cyberspace Operations Planner

Essential Responsibilities

• Leverage expertise in military intelligence and operations through the phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Support strategic context, operational design, and mission analysis.
• Apply critical and creative thinking to define the nature of complex national security problems.
• Conceptualize and construct frameworks to explain the operational environment.
• Analyze client’s mission and intent, organizational relationships and purpose of proposed operations to develop strategic knowledge of the operational environment and frame mission analysis.
• Design and shape impending operations using knowledge of the operational environment to develop broad operational approach.
• Develop Plans and Orders in support of exercises and wargaming, offensive and defensive operations, crises and contingencies, and combat operations.
• Develop plans using all phases of the Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Conduct capability assessments including force readiness projections, risks and vulnerabilities, and adversarial parameters.
• Apply Joint doctrine and publications to develop Planning Orders (PLANORDS), Execution Orders (EXORDS), Operation Plans (OPLANS), Concept of Operation Plans (CONPLANS), Campaign Plans, Theater Strategy, and cooperative security agreements to plan cyberspace operations.
• Draft Warning Orders (WARNORDS), Operation Orders (OPORDS), and assessment guidance.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands

• Primary work location: Government facilities in vicinity of Fort Meade, MD; CONUS/OCONUS travel may be required; telework/contractor SCIF use may be permitted case-by-case.

Minimum Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in military or government supporting a cyberspace strategic and operational environment, or cryptologic mission in a professional work environment.
• 3+ years of experience with operational planning on a joint staff, combatant command (CCMD), or Service component staff.
• Experience with the Joint Planning Process (JPP) and developing and revising DoD Joint planning doctrines and processes.
• Experience with participating in planning conferences, drafting reviews, and developing PLANORDS, EXORDS, OPLANS, CONPLANS, WARNORDS, and OPORDS.
• Experience supporting Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), or Maritime Planning Groups (MPGs).
• Experience with coordinating operational requirements amongst internal and external staff and agencies.
• Knowledge of Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO), Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO), signals intelligence (SIGINT), information operations (IO), or space and electronic warfare.
• Able to draft executive summaries and make recommendations.

Clearance Required

• TS/SCI

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree

Minimum Years of Experience

• 10+ years of experience supporting military or government planning operations in lieu of a degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Maritime Operations Center (MOC) processes at the Operational Level of War (OLW), and joint, interagency, coalition, or combined OLW planning and command and control.
• Experience in the Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) planning process or Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES), and in DoD Information Technology (IT), Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN), or cyberspace tactical environments.
• Experience with preparing project charters and with leading and organizing operational assessment efforts including working groups, development of MOPs and MOEs, and data analytics.
• Experience with analyzing operational assessment methodologies and decision criteria, and with preparing and presenting briefings to senior leadership, and Cybersecurity and Cyberspace operations principles and practices.
• Knowledge of operations in mission areas including network operations, network defense, signals intelligence, information operations, space, or electronic warfare.
• Completion of Joint Cyber Operations Planners Course (JCOPC).

Compensation

Salary at Amentum is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $88,000.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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